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  • Move Me On 175: paying attention to why topics have been included in schemes of work

      The problem page for history mentors
    This issue's problem: Martha Partington doesn't pay enough attention to the reasons why particular topics or approaches to them have been included with her department’s schemes of work...
    Move Me On 175: paying attention to why topics have been included in schemes of work

  • Move Me On 171: Using existing lesson plans

      The problem page for history mentors
    The 'Move Me On' feature of Teaching History is designed to build critical, informed debate about the character of teacher training, teacher education and professional development. It is also designed to offer practical help to all involved in training new history teachers. Each issue presents a situation in initial teacher...
    Move Me On 171: Using existing lesson plans

  • Move Me On 170: adapting to a second school

      The problem page for history mentors
    This feature of Teaching History is designed to build critical, informed debate about the character of teacher training, teacher education and professional development. It is also designed to offer practical help to all involved in training new history teachers. Each issue presents a situation in initial teacher education/training with an...
    Move Me On 170: adapting to a second school

  • Move Me On 169: Planning a local history enquiry

      The problem page for history mentors
    This feature of Teaching History is designed to build critical, informed debate about the character of teacher training, teacher education and professional development. It is also designed to offer practical help to all involved in training new history teachers. Each issue presents a situation in initial teacher education/training with an...
    Move Me On 169: Planning a local history enquiry

  • New, Novice or Nervous? 174: Building students' historical talk

      The quick guide to the ‘no-quick-fix'
    How do we get our students to talk more in lessons? No, not like that! How have history teachers engaged with the issue of students’ historical – and general – oracy? Talking about history is not the same skill as writing about it. It is more immediate, and more easily...
    New, Novice or Nervous? 174: Building students' historical talk

  • New, Novice or Nervous? 172: Curriculum planning

      Teaching History feature: the quick guide to the ‘no-quick-fix’
    This page is for those new to the published writings of history teachers. Each problem you wrestle with, other teachers have wrestled with too. Quick fixes don’t exist. But in others’ writing, you’ll find something better: conversations in which history teachers have debated or tackled your problems – conversations which...
    New, Novice or Nervous? 172: Curriculum planning

  • New, Novice or Nervous? 171: Teaching Medieval History

      Teaching History feature: the quick guide to the no-quick-fix
    Was your diet of school history mostly modern? Are you more comfortable debating the industrial revolution than the feudal revolution? And do you now find yourself teaching more medieval history, particularly at GCSE and A-level? Recent changes to the examination specifications in England have made the medieval mainstream, and as...
    New, Novice or Nervous? 171: Teaching Medieval History

  • Move Me On 121: Teaching outside subject area

      The problem page for history mentors
    This Issue's Problem: Because of the demands of the modular structure on non-specialists, the school's Key Stage 3 schemes of work are extremely detailed, and include individual lesson plans that staff are encouraged to use or adapt depending on their level of confidence. Arnie began by relying on the plan...
    Move Me On 121: Teaching outside subject area

  • Move Me On 93: Not making progress in use of ICT

      The problem page for history mentors
    Millie Marvel, PGCE Student is not making use of ICT to teach history in the classroom Problem: Millie Marvel, student history teacher, is in Term 2 of her PGCE year. She enjoys using ICT and is highly competent in her use of several applications. However, lessons in which she has chosen...
    Move Me On 93: Not making progress in use of ICT

  • Move Me On 92: Having problems teaching causation

      The problem page for history mentors
    This Issue's Problem: Melville Miles, student history teacher, is in Term 3 of his PGCE year. Melville has taught a number of excellent lessons in which he enabled pupils to reach high levels of historical understanding. His diagnostic assessment of pupils' work is unusually sophisticated for a PGCE student. Melville's...
    Move Me On 92: Having problems teaching causation

  • Move Me On 91: work with historical sources lacks focus

      The problem page for history mentors
    Problem: Mike Jones, student history teacher, is half-way through his PGCE year. He is making unusually good progress in his knowledge, understanding and practice with regard to the use of sources in history. He also appears to have no difficulty with classroom management and relationships with pupils. He easily creates...
    Move Me On 91: work with historical sources lacks focus

  • New, Novice or Nervous? 164: Constructing narrative

      Teaching History feature: the quick guide to the no-quick-fix
    Narrative is shedding its status as the ‘underrated skill’, re-emerging as a requirement of the new GCSE in England. As Counsell has argued, constructing a narrative is ‘no easy option’, however, and asking students to ‘Write an account…’ lacks the comfortable familiarity of ‘Explain why…’ or ‘How far…’. Fortunately, many...
    New, Novice or Nervous? 164: Constructing narrative

  • New, Novice or Nervous? 163: Historical significance

      Teaching History feature: the quick guide to the no-quick-fix
    Historical significance first appeared in England’s National Curriculum for history in 1995. It entered the assessment framework (Level Descriptions) in 2008. In 2014, it became part of the History NC ‘Aims’. One thing never changes, however: it is hard. But history teachers have written a great deal about historical significance...
    New, Novice or Nervous? 163: Historical significance

  • Move Me On 152: How to teach meaningful overviews

      Teaching History feature
    This Issue's Problem: Martin King is worried about how to teach meaningful overviews...
    Move Me On 152: How to teach meaningful overviews

  • Move Me On 116: Having problems with his mentor

      Teaching History feature
    This Issue's Problem: Henry Plant is having problems with his mentor. 
    Move Me On 116: Having problems with his mentor

  • Move Me On 112: Has problems with his subject knowledge

      Teaching History feature
    This Issue's Problem: Tom MaCaulay is having problems with his subject knowledge.
    Move Me On 112: Has problems with his subject knowledge

  • Reading C.V. Wedgwood

      Article
    Christine Counsell comments on the C.V. Wedgwood text used for this edition's Cunning Plan.
    Reading C.V. Wedgwood

  • Move Me On 111: Having problems with Differentiation

      Teaching History feature
    This Issue's Problem: Frances is having problems with differentiation.
    Move Me On 111: Having problems with Differentiation

  • Move Me On 139: teaching about change and continuity

      Teaching History feature
    This issue's problem: Debbie Samson is finding it difficult to teach about change and continuity in meaningful ways.
    Move Me On 139: teaching about change and continuity

  • Move Me On 102: Securing progression in historical understanding

      Teaching History feature
    This Issue's Problem: Tony is confused about Progression in historical understanding...
    Move Me On 102: Securing progression in historical understanding

  • Move Me on 101: Finding Literacy a burden

      Teaching History feature
    This Issue's Problem: Lizzie Lyons, PGCE student, is finding literacy a burden.
    Move Me on 101: Finding Literacy a burden

  • Move Me On 118: Can't find connection between fun and serious learning

      Teaching History feature
    This Issue's Problem: Eddie can't find the connection between fun and serious learning.
    Move Me On 118: Can't find connection between fun and serious learning

  • Move Me On 117: Putting her ideas into practice

      Teaching History feature
    This Issue's Problem: Mary is having problems putting her IDEAS into PRACTICE 
    Move Me On 117: Putting her ideas into practice

  • Move Me On 114: Teaching history of medicine at GCSE

      Teaching History feature
    This Issue's Problem: Louis is having problems teaching the history of medicine course at GCSE.
    Move Me On 114: Teaching history of medicine at GCSE

  • Cunning Plan 110: Imperial China

      Teaching History feature
    This edition of 'Cunning Plan' looks at teaching Imperial China at the beginning of Year 7.
    Cunning Plan 110: Imperial China